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B. A. DRAYTON.

BIRD GAGE.

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BENJAMIN A. DRAYTON, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

BIRD-CAGE.-

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 319,891, dated June 9, 1885.

' Application filed February 18, 1885. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that LBENJAMIN A. DRAYTON, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at the city ofNew York, in the county of New York and State ofNew York, have invented a new and useful Bird-Cage, of which the following is a specification.

My invention has relation to improvements in bird-cages, and the object is to'provide a simple, cheap, and effective means for fastening the horizontal bars of a cage in position to the vertical or upright wires; and to this end my invention consists in forming the vertical wires with a vertical tapering seat, arranged thereon on ahorizontal line coincident with the position to be occupied by the horizontal bars, substantially as hereinafter described, and as will be specifically pointed out in the claims.

I efiect the purposes of my invention by the means illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein- Figure 1 is a View of five vertical wires, showing the naked vertical tapering seats, and also showing a section of the horizontal bar seated on the lower line of the'tapering seats, one of the connected joints being broken away to show the relative position of the parts; and Fig. 2 is a view showing the appearance of the frame when the horizontal bars are lodged on the seats of the vertical wires.

Reference being had to the drawings, the letter A designates the vertical wires whereon are formed vertical tapering seats a, arranged on the same horizontal line and coincident with the line to be occupied by the horizontal bars B, the latter being perforated in the usual manner to admit the passage of the vertical wires of the cage. Thetaperingseats are made of a vertical length not to exceed the width of the horizontal bars, in order that when the latter are seated down on the tapering seats they may completely coverthem. It is apparent that intermediate strands of the vertical wires may be left in their natural condition, it being necessary only to form tapering seats on a number sufficient to warranta safe anchorage or connection. These tapering seats may be pinched on the wires by properly-shaped pliers; but other machinery can be used to make them.

When the horizontal bar is passed over the vertical wires and driven down on the tapering seats,it becomes absolutely fast, and at the same time any disfigurements by marks are entirely concealed in the connections. of the parts, thus leaving a clean and clear surface exposed to View over the whole cage. The horizontal bars, it will be seen, are not in the least distorted by the connection,and the parts are simply held together by frictional contact.

Certain defects in existing means employed for the purpose are avoided or overcome by my improvements. The cage is not weakened on the horizontal-bar connection by punching, denting, drilling, or riveting; the connection is effected without cementation and in the simplest possible manner, and the vertical bars are not disfigured by unsightly and unconcealed marks.

I am aware that heretofore the horizontal bar of cages has been anchored in position by upsetting the vertical wires immediately above and below the cross-bars; and, also, that the cross-bars have been held in place by enlarging them within the holes of passage for the vertical wires, and additional holding means above and below the cross-bar. My invention differs from these, in that I form tapering seats on the vertical wires of the cage, which, when the cross-bars are seated thereon, as stated, serve as means for holding the contacting parts together.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

In combination with the perforated horizontal bar or wire B, the vertical wires A, formed with vertical tapering seats a, to hold the horizontal bar in position by frictional contact, substantially as described.

In witness whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name in the presence of two attesting witnesses.

BENJ. A. DRAYTON.

Attest:

H. W. LAWRENCE, ALVAN DRAYTON. 

